2 ESO FICHA 8

A Vocabulary
1 Complete the sports words. Then write play, do or go.
Sports club activities
1 ________ b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l
2 ________ c _ _ _ _ _ _ g
3 ________ c _ _ _ _ _ g
4 ________ j _ _ o
5 ________ k _ _ _ _ _ _ g
6 ________ m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s
7 ________ r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ g
8 ________ s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ g
9 ________ s _ _ _ _ _ _ g
10 ________ t _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ _

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2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

a headache a cut stomach ache cold broken leg sunburn cough sprained a sore throat
bruise

1 If you eat a lot of sweets, you will get ___________ .

2 If you lie on the beach all day, you will get ___________ .
3 You should take an aspirin if youve got ___________ .
4 Bob cant walk because hes got a ___________ .
5 Mary walked into a chair. Now shes got a ___________ on her leg.
6 I fell over while I was playing football. Now Ive got a ___________ ankle.
7 Im drinking hot tea because Ive got ___________ .
8 You should stop smoking. Youve got a terrible ___________ .
9 I got ___________ on my finger while I was making dinner.
10 I walked to school in the snow. Now Ive got a bad ___________ .

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B Grammar
3 Complete the text. Use the correct form and tense of play, do or go.
My brother and I always go to the sports centre on Tuesdays. Samuel (1) ___________ judo and I
usually (2) ___________ swimming. I love (3) ___________ swimming, but sometimes I (4)
___________ aerobics.
(5) ___________ (you / ever) basketball? I really enjoy it, but we hardly ever (6) ___________
basketball at school. We usually (7) ___________ hockey. Last week, one of my friends broke her
ankle while she (8) ___________ hockey. She definitely wont play any sport for a few months!

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4 Complete the table. Use the past participles of the verbs in the box.

arrive give tidy fall work write watch have travel break listen become

Regular Irregular
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________

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5 Complete the sentences. Use the present perfect form of a verb from each box.

A go live not send not play

B not visit not study do write

1 I ________________ table tennis at school but I ________________ judo.

2 Luis ________________ to France many times, but he ________________ French.
3 My parents ________________ in London for ten years. They ________________ the British
Museum.
4 Sally ________________ any emails but she ________________ a letter.

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6 Write sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 People in my class __________________________ Chinese. (not study)
2 I __________________________ motocross. (do)
3 My friends and I __________________________ basketball. (play)
4 Our teacher __________________________ England. (visit)
5 My parents __________________________ a famous athlete. (not meet)
6 I __________________________ the test. (not finish)

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7 Complete the questions. Use the present perfect form of the verbs of brackets. Then write short
answers.
1 ________________________ (your grandmother / read) the Harry Potter books?
Yes, ______________________.
2 ________________________ (you / have) a broken arm?
No, ______________________ .
3 ________________________ (your friends / try) snowboarding?
Yes, ______________________ .
4 ________________________ (you and your family / live) in France?
No, ______________________ .
5 ________________________ (you / climb) a mountain?
No, ______________________ .
6 ________________________ (your mum / study) English?
Yes, ______________________ .

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8 Complete the dialogue. Use the present perfect form of the words in the box.

play appear start win be not win

TV2 Hello and welcome to Sports Night!

David Thank you. Its great to be here.
TV2 (1) ___________ (you) a football player all your life?
David Yes, I have. I (2) ___________ hundreds of matches. But I (3) ___________ all of them!
TV2 Now, you have a son. (4) ___________ (he) playing football?
David Yes, he has. Hes eight, and he plays in the school team. He (5) ___________ a sports prize,
too!
TV2 Thats great. Hell be famous like his dad!
David Famous? Yes, maybe!
TV2 (6) ___________ (you) on TV a lot this year?
David Yes, I have. Ive been on a lot of chat shows. Its fun!

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C Grammar consolidation
9 Complete the text with the correct words.
Have you (1) ___________ travelled round the world? My parents (2) ___________ travelled a lot.
My mum (3) ___________ visited Japan and India, and my dad, the United States and Canada.
They (4) ___________also been to a lot of European countries together. Theyve climbed the Eiffel
Tower in Paris, and theyve visited Rome. But they have (5) ___________ been to Spain! They (6)
___________ eaten paella, and they have never studied (7) ___________.
I love Spain. (8) ___________ been there three times, because my penfriend lives there. She (9)
___________ stayed at my house in England too. Ive visited Granada and Seville, but I (10)
___________ visited Crdoba. Id like to go there next year.

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D Reading
10 Read the text. Then complete the summary with the correct information.
The Olympic Games
The first Olympic Games were in Athens in 776 BC. More than 2000 years later, in 1896, the
modern Olympics began. Now there are Olympics every four years. Athletes from 200 countries do
more than 30 different sports.
The Olympic flag has five rings on it. These represent the major regions in the world Africa, Asia,
Europe, The Americas, and Oceania. The rings are linked to symbolise friendship between the
participating countries. They are blue, yellow, black, green and red. These are colours that appear in
every national flag in the world.
At the Olympics, people do athletics, judo and taekwondo. They play basketball, table tennis and
football. There is also swimming, kayaking and cycling. In 1996, beach volleyball became an
Olympic sport. Four years later, there was the first Olympic triathlon. At the winter Olympics, there
are sports like skiing and ice hockey.
In 2004, the Olympic Games were in Athens again. The United States won 35 gold medals, China
won 32 and Russia won 27. Britain won nine gold medals and Spain won three. The British athlete
Kelly Holmes won two gold medals for athletics.
In 2012, the Olympic Games will be in London. But first, in 2008, theyre in Beijing, China.
Millions of people around the world will watch the Olympics on television.
Did you know that
the first Olympic Games on TV were the 1936 Games in Berlin?
the last time the Olympic Games were in London was 1948?
the only Olympic Games in Latin America were in Mexico City in 1968?
 Summary
The modern Olympic Games began at the end of the (1) ______ century. Athletes from the (2)
______ major regions in the world participate in the Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, the United
States won (3) ______ more gold medals than China. The Games will be in London in 2012, (4)
______ years after the first time they were there. The Olympics have only been held in Latin
America (5) ______ .

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11 Read the text again. Then answer the questions. Write complete sentences.
1 Why are the Olympic rings linked on the flag?
__________________________________
2 What is important about the colour of the rings?
__________________________________
3 What are the two most recent Olympic sports?
__________________________________
4 At which Olympic Games did Kelly Holmes win two gold medals?
__________________________________
5 When did people watch the Olympic Games on TV for the first time?
__________________________________

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F Writing
12 Imagine you have spent a week at a sports camp. Write a postcard to your family. Tell them
what you have done using 100150 words.

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